June 28, 2016
I know I played this hand badly on the flop, and maybe should have raised bigger pre, but given the action do I have to call?
I had been out drinking and it was ~4 in the morning, €1/2. 20 hands into a new table. Hero has AA on the button, 100bb stack, tight image, hadn’t played a hand yet. Mid position raises to €10, Hero 3b to €25, BB (loose-agro old guy, ~500bb) calls. MP folds. Flop: T66r. BB checks, Hero cbet €30, BB All-in. Hero?
I think my range is TT+, AQo+, AJs+, and a few combos of suited connectors. If I fold AA, it means I’m only calling with 6 combos of TT and the 1 or 2 combos of 6Xs I have. Although my odds aren’t great that is a tiny range. I know it’s my fault for getting into the spot but given the action I have to be calling AA? But does he ever have worse on such a dry, paired board?
Thanks
July 7, 2012
Firstly, yes you need to raise bigger pre in live cash game. €40 ish.
The pot on flop is 25+25+10+1+30=91 and you have €145 left behind. So you are risking €145 to win €236.
His range is a few 6x, JT+, and 55+ and a bunch of air hands (there are quite a few players out there that just spaz on paired boards). So in short, and it does feel ugly, but yes i think you have to call with AA here unless you have a definitive read on villian. Otherwise we will become completely exploitable.
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December 6, 2012
If I can be blunt… this is an absurdly easy call. I don’t say that to make you feel bad about posting, just to drive the point home: as you say, it’s quite unlikely you have a hand stronger than AA, which gives your opponent incentive both to bluff and to play worse hands for value. Though you aren’t a lock to win, you are a heavy favorite and should be quite excited to get your money in here. Poker isn’t about certainty, it’s about understanding incentives (both yours and your opponents’) and making the best decisions you can given the inherent uncertainty. I suggest watching my “Getting Off on the Right Foot” series here on TPE.
Oh and I don’t mind your 3-bet size, but you should be aware that when you offer your opponent a decent price, you expand his range for seeing the flop, which is all the more reason you should be excited to get your money in here.
February 14, 2013
Yes I agree with the easy call. Can’t imagine him having 6x all that often, and I would expect to see Tx-QQ extremely often, 99-66 sometimes, and 6x very seldom, and TT virtually never (slowplay etc.). Sizing pre is fine, I might go 30 but idk might actually prefer the $25 with exactly AA
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